Ken Smith

Ken Smith For nearly two decades, critic and journalist Ken Smith has traveled widely, covering music on five continents for a range of publications including the Los Angeles Times, Travel & Leisure and Opera News. He currently divides his time between Hong Kong, where he is the Asian performing art critic for the Financial Times, and New York, where he serves as a North American correspondent for Gramophone magazine. He is an editorial consultant and regular columnist for Shanghai’s Opera magazine and a frequent commentator for Hong Kong Radio 4. He is co-music director of Dong Folk Songs and Miao Music for China’s MediaFusion group and an advisor to the Western China Cultural Ecology Research Workshop.  Fate! Luck! Chance! Amy Tan, Stewart Wallace and the Making of the Bonesetter’s Daughter Opera. Saturday, March 6, 11am.